posted at 6:41 pm on September 13, 2012 by Allahpundit

Via Mediaite, consider this a video complement to Erick Erickson’s piece at Red State this morning about yesterday’s virtuoso exercise in narrative-driven concern-trolling. If you only know KP from her Fox appearances, this clip will come as a surprise, as she’s as unsparing of O’s failures here as any pundit on the other side of the aisle would be. If you follow her Twitter feed, it’ll come as no surprise at all. She’s been lighting into the White House and the embassy for the past 36 hours, and in fact has lit into them frequently in the past on the topic of Egypt. She’s tweeted before too about having friends in the Copt community there, so this is no academic exercise in punditry. The stronger the Brotherhood gets, the more dangerous the situation becomes for the Copts and for the United States. Go figure that she’s more worried about the president’s reaction than Mitt Romney’s.

Speaking of the embassy, I’d sure like some more details on what this exchange is all about:

.@ikhwanweb Thanks. By the way, have you checked out your own Arabic feeds? I hope you know we read those too.

“Ikhwanweb” is the English-language account of the Muslim Brotherhood. The embassy didn’t specify what they saw on the MB’s Arab-language feeds, but this story on Ahram Online will give you an idea:

This reconciliatory tweet, however, was posted while the Brotherhood’s Arabic-language Twitter account and its official website were both praising the protests — staged against a US-made film judged defamatory towards Islam — and calling for a million man march on Friday.

One Arabic language article on the Brotherhood’s site sported the headline ‘Egyptians rise to defend the Prophet’.

The Times of Israel has much, much more about the Brotherhood’s reaction, including their calls to criminalize insults to Islam. It’s a long tradition in the Arab world for leaders to say one thing in English for international audiences and something else entirely for domestic consumption; Arafat in particular was infamous for talking out of both sides of his mouth. If the embassy has reason to believe that the Brotherhood supports what happened yesterday, which of course it does, I sure do wish the Foreign-Policy President would share that information with the American public. Might be relevant to the question of whether Egypt is or isn’t still an “ally,” no?

I thought about calling libfreeforlife by the name he meant to choose when he signed up. Can you believe the troll blew the spelling of his own moniker? He’s a professor no less. Funny!!! Funnier still is that he actually admitted the mistake. You can’t make this stuff up. Lol! I wish Axe would finish up on the screenplay. Should make a great movie. ; )

Bmore on September 13, 2012 at 7:43 PM

Yes, I can believe the liblet’s own screw up. After decades of liberal plans and programs, what has gotten fixed?

For fun among us at HA (liberals excluded…FU if you don;t like it), how about we Conservatives and Republicans assign a song to each liblet? And, once we do, we call them to sing it every time they post, as a response to them?

Just for our own entertainment. Given the Conservatives here, this could be really entertaining!

According to senior diplomatic sources, the US State Department had credible information 48 hours before mobs charged the consulate in Benghazi, and the embassy in Cairo, that American missions may be targeted, but no warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert and “lockdown”, under which movement is severely restricted.

Independent is not a conservative newspaper.

Can Barry and Hillary answer why no action was taken after the State Department was warned?

Hopefully the press will start covering ALL the news, and not just what makes Obama bin Biden look good. Oh well, one can hope….

Night Owl on September 13, 2012 at 7:57 PM

Don’t look to our press. Took a left-leaning UK paper to disclose that the U.S. knew the that Libyan consulate was targeted for attack, and did nothing.

According to senior diplomatic sources, the US State Department had credible information 48 hours before mobs charged the consulate in Benghazi, and the embassy in Cairo, that American missions may be targeted, but no warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert and “lockdown”, under which movement is severely restricted.

And it gets worse.

The US administration is now facing a crisis in Libya. Sensitive documents have gone missing from the consulate in Benghazi and the supposedly secret location of the “safe house” in the city, where the staff had retreated, came under sustained mortar attack. Other such refuges across the country are no longer deemed “safe”.

Some of the missing papers from the consulate are said to list names of Libyans who are working with Americans, putting them potentially at risk from extremist groups, while some of the other documents are said to relate to oil contracts.

One saving grace to the story, it now seems likely that Ambassador Stevens was already dead of smoke inhalation by the time the mob got him.

Mr Stevens, it is believed, was left in the building by the rest of the staff after they failed to find him in dense smoke caused by a blaze which had engulfed the building. He was discovered lying unconscious by local people and taken to a hospital, the Benghazi Medical Centre, where, according to a doctor, Ziad Abu Ziad, he died from smoke inhalation.

When you linked to the disastrous rescue from the consulate the other night, I said this just goes from bad to worse, and it seems it is not done yet. Now Obama, Biden, Kerry and Hillary are going to be responsible for the deaths of the Libyans helping us.

0bama decides to oust Gaddafi, who forged a new, more stable relationship under Bush 43, for no clear national interest or reason.

He uses a NO-FLY Zone to bomb tanks which apparently are flying, and to destroy Gaddafi’s ground forces, unconstitutionally refusing to consult Congress while doing so.

He then, after having used U.S. military power to kill a lot of Libyan citizens who supported Gaddafi, leaves the embassy in Benghazi unprotected on 9/11, despite advance warning, and despite the fact that many pro-Gaddafi people remained in Benghazi, with blood vengeace to exact on Americans.

This is far worse than any Bush failing in Iraq.

This entire incident should be printed on the presidential ballot in 57 languages, with a “Yes” and “No” box to check for the fire/re-hire decision.

Oh, and a traditional president, following the rules, accepts Secretary-of-State Clinton’s resignation tomorrow.

When you linked to the disastrous rescue from the consulate the other night, I said this just goes from bad to worse, and it seems it is not done yet. Now Obama, Biden, Kerry and Hillary are going to be responsible for the deaths of the Libyans helping us.

When you linked to the disastrous rescue from the consulate the other night, I said this just goes from bad to worse, and it seems it is not done yet. Now Obama, Biden, Kerry and Hillary are going to be responsible for the deaths of the Libyans helping us.

Night Owl on September 13, 2012 at 8:17 PM

Hold your breath for tomorrow’s Jumu’ah– the Friday prayer– and accompanying sermon in mosques all over the world. We may see how much worse this can get.

I have been engaged in a running battle for two days now with two large nests of yellow jackets near my front door.

I hadn’t noticed them building the nests. It wasn’t until I innocently walked out my front door Tuesday and one of them stuung me in the head without provocation, that I noticed the large nests that they had built, and their aggressive flight near my door. I was stung three times, without provocation, later that day.

For two days now I have been leaving my back door unlocked, walking as close to the nests over the front porch as I dare, with two large cans of hornet killer in my hands, blasting the nests full force, and running around back, into the house.

Each time I look, there are fewer hornets going in and out of the nests. I’ve given them about 10 doses now.

Why won’t they learn?

I really didn’t want to kill them; but one hornet that decided to sting me for no reason just doomed the entire colony.

I’m down to the last few now, but won’t stop until there’s not one hornet left to sting me as I come and go.

“I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you’re not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration.”

How people cannot or simply continue to refuse to acknowledge the obvious fact that the American MSM/Press is the number one enemy America’s Constitutional Republic has in this World.

aposematic on September 13, 2012 at 9:18 PM

THIS.

If I am on a death-penalty jury, and the defendants have narrowed down to either the president, or the heads of MSNBC, CNN, CBS, NBC and ABC, I vote the needle for the media bosses and let the president live.

Thank God for KP being an honest Democrat. I was really starting to feel like everything was upside down and I couldn’t recognize my country. This is a good portion of Democrats used to look like on foreign policy before the blame America first crowd took over.

i commented earlier today that the difference between the Fox and msnbc new coverage of the libya crisis was “surreal.

KP, at the end of the day is an American. Its against our nature to watch a fellow American drug naked through the streets of a foreign country.

Folks, as of now (doesn’t mean i won’t kvetch after he wins the election) but imma gonna vote romney.

gag me with a maggot.

renalin on September 13, 2012 at 10:34 PM

All party affiliations aside, we are Americans. The guy in there right now is a disaster for all of us. What would a second term bring? He’s just getting warmed up. America’s like an F-14 fighter – which was old enough that it required a lot of pilot skill – with a 10-year-old at the controls.

Your vote for Romney would be a vote away from crazy unpredictable rookie danger in the form of 0bama.

Everything you say is true, especially the part where nothing will be done by them or to them. I am starting to think the country is lost. No, not really. They need to all go in November though!

Night Owl on September 13, 2012 at 8:49 PM

+10

Then we need to put all the dishonest, seditious, and useful idiot main stream reporters in the block and exact vengeance. I hope everybody is keeping track of who they are, along with the anti-constitutional political appointees. They need attitude readjustments and re-education.

We don’t have a hostage like in 1980 as many Conservative pundits are trying to insinuate.

We have a casualty, although not as many as compared to 9/11 attack. But we have a US Ambassador who died serving this country.

Romney Campaign callously made the statement. Be honest, Mittbots. His statement is more of a “bad taste campaign strategy looking for points” at the wake of a dead American ambassador than a “strategic/informed analysis of the situation”.

Even the tingling-between-my-legs Chrissie Matthews called a “time out” to his daily dose of slandering Bush2 at the wake of 9/11 tragedy.

Romney should have waited like what Reagan did in 1980. Reagan waited for Carter to make the first move in using the 1980 Hostage drama in Iran into his campaign. Later, Reagan vigorously attacked Carter to every misstep of his Administration in handling the situation.

Aahh! The lust for power by the GOP-E is sometimes its own greatest weakness. It forgot that patience is always a virtue.

No wonder why Romney’s poll numbers are down despite of the insanities of Obamao Administration.

There’s alot to digest about this story. Hayes put a great big circle around the key point of the issue in his remarks at 6:40 of the clip. The media bias is most reflected in how they decide what is news: The story of the week is the collapse of Obama’s foreign policy, and not whether Romney made a gaffe in his remarks.

For the record, Romney’s remarks were dead on. But he badly bungled the politics of his response. If he had said the essentially same thing in a slightly different matter, he could have scored huge points against Obama without taking this beating from the press. This incident is not as bad as McCain’s blunder of suspending his campaign, but it does make me nervous about whether Romney might wind up blowing this election.

One thing that I know for sure is that right-wingers whining about the unfairness of media bias isn’t going to beat Obama. Nobody cares about that. We need to be smarter than them to win; that’s all there is to it.

Then we need to put all the dishonest, seditious, and useful idiot main stream reporters in the block and exact vengeance. I hope everybody is keeping track of who they are, along with the anti-constitutional political appointees. They need attitude readjustments and re-education.

Old Country Boy on September 14, 2012 at 9:11 AM

They really are: just. so. frickin’. dumb. I really can’t believe how vapid, stupid, and shallow most of these media hacks are. They won’t stop to question their preconceptions for a second. This is just like following a sports team for them: They’re are going to root for their guys no matter what–blindly, unquestioningly loyal. It really is unbelievable.

No one resigns anymore on principle. NO ONE. They only leave for greener pastures, a la Rahm Emanuel.

Secretary of State Clinton has too much invested in her political career, because she has very little fallback, except to wash Bill’s boxers.

A dignified Secretary of State would submit his/her resignation to the president tomorrow, to become a firewall to protect him.

If Washington was functioning as it did even 20 years ago, Hillary Clinton must resign in response to the sacking of our embassies despite prior warning.

If she doesn’t resign, it’s going to consume 0bama.

Now…. I’d rather she stay, and let the SOB take the heat… but, as an American who does not wish my government to become more of a laughing stock than it is, Hillary Clinton must resign.

I hope that Limbaugh and Hannity realize that the resignation of the Secretary of State is warranted, under the current situation.

cane_loader on September 13, 2012 at 8:45 PM

Spot on!! The truth is that there are several Democratic members (and former members) of the Senate that should have resigned in the wake of the Iraq war: The folks that voted for the war, and later turned against on the grounds that Bush had deceived them should have resigned, because they made–if you believe their story–a terrible error in judgment on a crucial issue for the country. This cohort of failed Democratic sentors, of course, includes Hillary. Instead of resigning, she asked voters for–and very nearly received–a promotion, playing the victim on her failure.

Heads need to roll here, and it shouldn’t be some low-level functionary. Good luck with that though, because they’ll never admit that their strategy was wrong. They’ll just try to spin it.

Thank God for KP being an honest Democrat. I was really starting to feel like everything was upside down and I couldn’t recognize my country. This is a good portion of Democrats used to look like on foreign policy before the blame America first crowd took over.

willamettevalley on September 13, 2012 at 10:18 PM

I suspect that she’ll be one of us within the next five years or so if the Dems don’t tack back to the middle.

And the only papers talking about the actual attack and what led up to it are British!

In the US papers, it’s all about the filmmaker! In Eric Holder’s worst offense yet, he sicced the whole freaking government on him and exposed him. Holder is responsible for anything that happens to him.